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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS Q. HALL, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

FOLDING OR BED LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,297, dated February2, 1892.

Application filed March 9, 1891.

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Be it known that I, THOMAS Q. HALL, of Kansas City, Jackson county,Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foldingor Bed Lounges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescrlption, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

Myinvention relates to that class of lounges which are so constructed asto fold or close up in the form of a lounge and to be unfolded or openedout in the form of a bed.

The objects of my invention are to produce a bed-lounge which shall besimple and durable in construction and which when folded up shallpossess the utmost degree of solidity; furthermore, to produce abed-lounge upon which, when in open condition, the mattress shall beevenly and uniformly supported, so that there shall be no uncomfortableinequality in the mattress in its middle, or, in other words, at thepoint of connection of the hinged portion of the lounge with the bodyportion of the same.

To the above purpose my invention consists in certain peculiar and novelfeatures of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claim.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bed-lounge in closedcondition. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same on theline 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the lounge in opencondition. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section of the same on theline 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the framefor supporting a mattress on the lounge.

In the said drawings, 1 designates the body portion of the lounge, whichis preferably of oblong rectangular form, as shown, and one of thelonger sides of which is provided with a suitable back 2, of moreor lessornamental appearance, as desired. This body portion of the lounge issupported upon four legs 3, of suitable form and construction, and whichare located beneath the corners of said body portion.

4 designates the folding portion of the Serial No. 384,294. (No model.)

lounge, this portion being also preferably of oblong rectangular form,or in any event corresponding with the form of the body portion 1 ofthelounge. One of the longer sides of this folding portion 4 isconnected to the outer longer side of the body portion 1that is, thelonger side opposite the back 2-by two hinges 5, of any suitable orpreferred type, the said hinges being located at the ends of said longersides. One end of this folding portion 4 is the head end of the lounge,and the outer side of this head end is provided with a suitablehead-rest 7, of any preferred form or construction. Thus when the loungeis in closed condition, as shown in Fig. 1,the head-rest 7 is in properposition for use,and the outer or upper side of the folding portion 4constitutes a support for the users person, either when in sitting orreclining attitude. The inner corner of the foot end of the foldingportion 4 is provided with a leg 8, of more or less ornamental form, asdesired, and when the lounge is opened this leg constitutes the supportfor the outer corner of the foot end of said portion. The inner end ofthe head-rest 7 is also provided with a suitable leg 9, of more or lessornamental construction, as preferred, and when the lounge is open thisleg 9 constitutes the support for the outer corner of the head end ofthe folding portion 4. The outer or upper side of 7 thereof, are usuallysuitably upholstered, and the said folding portionis usually, therefore,sufficiently heavy to require additional bracing when in foldedposition, so as to render the lounge as a whole as solid and rigid as anordinary lounge. In order to accomplish this result, the inner ends 10of the legs 8 and 9 are chamfered or grooved to embrace the outer edgesof the end portions 11 of the back 2. By virtue of this arrangement thefolding portion 4 is prevented from working endwise when the lounge isfolded, and all twisting strains are removed from the hinges 5.Consequently the lounge when in closed condition is as solid and rigidas though it were of the ordinary type of lounges.

A further defect which has hitherto existed in this class of lounges isthat the point of connection of the folding portion with the bodyportion has invariably been of such a the folding portion 4, as well asthe head-rest- ICO nature as to produce a ridge or inequality in themattress at that point, which is very uncomfortable to the person lyingon the mat tress. In order to avoid this defect, I provide the followingconstruction: The mattressframe is shown in detached condition in Fig.5, as above described, and consists of two oblong rectangularframe-sections 12, which are connected together at the ends of theiradjacent longer sides by two hinges 13, of any suitable or preferredtype. Each of these frame-sections carries on its upper side a portion14 of woven wire to support the stuifed mattress, and the saidportions14 are shown as connected together at their adjacent longer edges by anumber of loops 15 of wire. This precise construction of the mattress isnot material to my present invention, and can consequently be varied atwill Without departing from the essential spirit of my invention. Thatis to say, a continuous piece of woven wire or other material may beattached to the frame-sections, if desired, and constitute the directsupport for the stuffed mattress. A U-shaped pillow orbolster support 16is also preferably provided for each frame-section 12, and is connectedthereto by staples or eyebolts 17, attached to the head ends of thesections and embracing the outwardly-extending ends of the supports, asshown. This arrangement is such that the supports 16 can be turnedinward, so as to rest upon the wire 14 when the lounge is to be foldedor closed. The inner longer side of one of the frame-sections 12 restsupon a ledge 18, which extends longitudinally of the body portion 1 ofthe lounge at the point of juncture of the back/,2 with said bodyportion. The opposite longer side of this framesection 12 rests upon aledge 19, which is formed by chamfering the inner sides of the outerrail of the body portion 1, as shown.

These ledges 18 19 receive the side pieces of the frame-sections 12 andsupport the same,

and the ohamfer which forms the ledge 10 corresponds in depth to thethickness of the outer side piece of the frame-section 12.

The side rails 20 21 of the folding section 4 of the lounge are flushwith the highest part of the rail having the ledge 19, and the outerframe-section 12 lies directly upon the upper sides of these rails 2021, and is retained in proper position by side pieces 22, which restagainst the inner sides of the rails 20 21. Thus it will be seen thatthere is no inequality whatever in the mattress produced by the point ofconnection of the folding portion of' the lounge with the body portionof the same. Consequently, as above stated, the mattress lies perfectlyeven and level upon the lounge. From the above description it will beseen that the lounge is very simple, strong, and durable inconstruction, and that it is also neat and compact in appearance, whileit is no more expensive to manufacture than other folding loungesheretofore produced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

